Saw Super 8 last night and really liked it. It was actually a little better than I thought it would be. But what's up with JJ Abrams and his infatuation with these alien invasions? And the look of them, this one, the Cloverfield monster and one of the Star Trek aliens (from the ice planet) all have a similar feel to them.

Anyway, I thought it was a pretty solid movie and I'm suprised it didn't do better box office numbers.

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I've heard it's basically ET if ET was the Cloverfield monster... I may need some convincing.

And if you add The Goonies to that you're spot-on in terms of describing this movie.

I saw it yesterday. Glad I went to a matinee as opposed to paying night-time prices. I think it was just "okay", it wasn't something I would run out to see immediately. The acting from the group of kids was the best part of the movie though - everything else was stuff you've seen before.

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I managed to see it yesterday and I'll totally echo the ET, Cloverfield, Goonies tone of the film. It was okay, but nothing Super IMO. I did enjoy to see the final "cut" of their little movie during the credits.

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Saw it last night, I enjoyed it a lot but ultimately it struck me as less pure Abrams and more of a Spielberg/Abrams mash-up. (Which makes sense given the dual production credits) It was very well done, and a solid summer movie for sure, but it left me wanting somehow.

I think overall I was hoping for something a bit darker, more like Cloverfield, which is my favorite thing he has ever done. (Sequel already!)

The kids were all great for sure. I just wish we could have seen more/better shots of the actual creature. It was even harder to see what it looked like than Clover. I always have that problem with CGI things, they move too fast for the human eye to really process the image. Whereas creatures done with actual physical suits/costumes looks so much more realistic (IE: The Predator). IMHO.

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